Panel Adviser

Role Responsibility

The Panel Advisor role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced social worker who enjoys adoption work and wants to be part of a child focused and dynamic Adoption service. The Adoption Partnership South East, is a regional adoption agency for Medway Council, London Borough of Bexley and Kent County Council. 

You will hold a degree in social work, CQSW, DipSW or equivalent and  will have at least three years post-qualification experience of working within Children’s Services and adoption casework. They will provide support to the Team Manager and have the ability to work through complex cases in a calm and efficient manner within a pressured environment.  You will have excellent communication, literacy skills and an ability to work to timescales.

You will be a Social Worker with post qualification with proven experience and some management experience. Evidence of continuing Professional Development must be maintained. An understanding of diversity and difference issues is essential.

The Panel Adviser is responsible for liaison between the Agency, Agency Decision Makers, Chairs and the Adoption Panel. This includes feedback on performance. They will attend the Panel as the Agency Adviser. The Panel Adviser will quality assure and oversee the collation and presentation of papers to the Chairs, Panel Members and Agency Decision Maker. 

The Panel Adviser will collate and quality assure papers and formulate reports to be submitted to the ADM when considering a plan of adoption for a child. 

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Amy Coombs, Service Manager

Amy.Coombs@Kent.gov.uk 

03000 411143

About the Company

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.